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Child maltreatment and its association with incident irritable bowel syndrome: genetic risk and mediation pathways in the UK biobank.
Journal of public health (Oxford, England) - 6 Mar 2026
Bai Wenya, Zheng Yudan, Lin Shaoli, Pan Yuru, Zhan Yiqiang, Liu Miao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The associations and mediation pathways between child maltreatment and incident irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remain unclear. METHODS: We carried out the Cox proportional hazard models to explore the associations of child maltreatment and its five subtypes with hazard ratios (HRs) of IBS, and mediation analyses were conducted to assess the roles of obesity, lifestyles, and mental disorders in such...
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